Russia attacks Naftogaz facilities in Poltava and Sumy regions overnight
On the night of March 20, Russian forces struck oil and gas facilities of the Naftogaz Group, with drone attacks hitting several assets in the Poltava and Sumy regions.
On the night of March 20, Russian forces struck oil and gas facilities of the Naftogaz Group, with drone attacks hitting several assets in the Poltava and Sumy regions.
Over the course of the day, the Russian army launched almost 30 strikes using artillery and UAVs on the Nikopol, Synelnykove, and Kryvyi Rih districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region.
Ukraine urged the international community to increase sanctions pressure on Russia to prevent it from producing missiles, at least 60 components of which are of foreign origin.
In every civilized country, arms exports are regulated by the state, and Ukraine, especially during wartime, is no exception.
On the night of March 20, Russian strikes damaged the facilities of the ecological and naturalist department of the regional Palace of Children and Youth Creativity, and the animals kept there experienced severe stress.
The head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration, Vadym Filashkin, has signed an order to carry out the forced evacuation of children from specific areas of Sloviansk.
The Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed a boat of Russian invaders in the area of the Tendrivska Spit.
The total budget of Kyiv’s resilience plan is UAH 61.6 billion, of which the city’s own funds account for only UAH 10.6 billion.
The presidents of Ukraine and Romania, Volodymyr Zelensky and Nicușor Dan, have agreed that the two countries will implement joint weapons production projects worth 200 million euros under the European SAFE program.
President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed hope that European Union leaders will find a way to provide the first tranche of financial assistance to Ukraine in April.
The second stage of search operations to uncover the remains of residents of the former village of Puzhnyky in the Ternopil region, who tragically died during World War II, will likely begin at the end of May.
Only Ukraine has experience in countering large-scale UAV attacks, which is why Ukrainian experts are currently stationed in countries across the Middle East.
Volodymyr Zelensky said that the Ukrainian team may raise the issue of signing a drone production agreement (Drone Deal) during the upcoming meeting in the United States.
Damage to the A-50 long-range early warning and control aircraft has been confirmed.
Volodymyr Zelensky said that the upcoming Ukrainian-American meeting scheduled for March 21 will focus on preparations for future trilateral talks, sanctions against Russia, and work on agreements between Ukraine and the United States on security guarantees and reconstruction.
Soldiers of the 66th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after Prince Mstyslav the Brave, together with neighboring units, repelled a massive Russian assault in the Lyman sector and destroyed 10 all-terrain vehicles, five motorcycles, and six armored vehicles.
Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck key facilities of the Russian aggressor overnight on March 20, including a plant in Alchevsk, located in temporarily occupied territory of the Luhansk region. Damage to an A-50 aircraft in Russia’s Novgorod region has also been confirmed.
German Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s continued blocking of the EU €90 billion loan for Ukraine constitutes a serious breach of loyalty among EU member states and will have consequences, including during the formation of the new budget.
In the village of Uhli, part of the Sarny municipal community in Rivne Oblast, search operations are beginning at the burial site of the village’s residents—Poles and Ukrainians who tragically lost their lives during World War II.
Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces used an FPV drone to destroy a Russian Ka-52 Alligator helicopter in the Donetsk region.
The eighth group of volunteers of the Ukrainian Legion, made up of Ukrainian citizens living abroad, signed contracts with the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Lublin on Friday.
High jumpers Yaroslava Mahuchikh and Yuliia Levchenko won gold and silver medals for Ukraine at the World Athletics Indoor Championships, which began in the Polish city of Torun.
Detectives from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine are conducting searches at the Kyiv Court of Appeal and among certain representatives of the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine in a case involving the lifting of an asset freeze on funds belonging to former MP Yuriy Ivanishchenko.
The German government has introduced a temporary simplification of procedures for exporting certain types of weapons to Ukraine and countries in the Persian Gulf, particularly to strengthen air and maritime defense.
In Ukraine, journalists are no longer advised to identify themselves with the label "PRESS."
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine is working with five partners in the Middle East to counter Shahed drones. He also noted that the United States has requested expert support for its military in two areas in the region.
Ukrainian ports, despite blockades, mines, and constant Russian attacks, continue to operate under wartime conditions and are becoming a model for port operators in the Middle East.
Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church has died at the age of 97.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have confirmed the death of Ali Mohammad Naeini, spokesperson for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), as a result of an Israeli airstrike in Iran.